reality blurred + archives + January 25 to January 31, 2009

week of January 25, 2009

Paris Hilton searching for another best friend, but Brittany insists she and Paris are still BFFs
Paris Hilton's My New BFF will return for a second season and thus is searching for new candidates to be alleged best friends with Paris,...
Real World Cancun will be the show's 22nd season
The Real World will switch coasts again for its 22nd season, filming in Mexico for The Real World Cancun. That location should help continue to...
"Grueling" Amazing Race 14's cast includes a deaf man, an actor/screenwriter, and stuntmen
The cast of The Amazing Race 14 has been revealed by CBS, which says they will run "one of the most grueling courses ever assembled...
Benjamin "Coach" Wade: "I want to get the four strongest people to the final four because that's who deserves it"
Benjamin "Coach" Wade is as impossibly arrogant as he is intelligent and accomplished, and after our conversation, I was convinced that he is someone Survivor...
Miss Indiana Katie Stam, a viewer-selected finalist, wins Miss America
The woman who won Miss America Saturday night was selected as a finalist by viewers of TCL's reality series Countdown to the Crown. Miss Indiana,...

Fresno spent $115,000 on Extreme Makeover but crew spent $750,000 to $1.25 million
Hosting Extreme Makeover: Home Edition cost the city of Fresno, Calif., $115,000, but the crew spent an estimated $750,000 to $1.25 million at local businesses....
Carolina Eastwood: "you can't really bullshit me"
Carolina Eastwood is a 26-year-old bartender from West Hollywood who once wanted to be an actor and was reluctantly recruited to be on Survivor Tocantins....
Donny Osmond will be on Dancing with the Stars 8
Three seasons after his sister appeared on the show, Donny Osmond confirmed he will be on Dancing with the Stars 8. He revealed that on...
Solitary pods touring malls as part of the show's third torture-filled season
Fox Reality Channel's most-popular original series, Solitary, recently returned for its third season, which airs Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET and is on Hulu, and...
Former contestants suggest Bob Harper is gay
Is Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper gay? Although he appeared as a trainer in the Queer Abs workout DVD, Bob has apparently not publicly discussed...

Brian Dunkleman pitching fictional series about his post-American Idol life
American Idol season one co-host Brian Dunkleman famously quit the show because it was too cruel to its contestants, and now he's mocking that response...
TAR 14 teams include nude model, three gay men
CBS announced the cast of The Amazing Race 14 on Monday, but while the network's press release and web site highlighted some interesting characteristics of...
JT Thomas: "I'll play the dumb role if I feel like it'll push me farther in the game"
"Most time, I'm underestimated. I think some people that judge my intelligence are wrong right off the bat," James "JT" Thomas Jr. told me. However,...
Donny Osmond won't be on Dancing with the Stars, at least not until fall
A day after Donny Osmond said he'd be on Dancing with the Stars 8, he now says he's not on the show after all--and he...

HBO's The Trials of Ted Haggard debuts tonight
Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, HBO debuts The Trials of Ted Haggard, Alexandra Pelosi's documentary that explores the former National Association of Evangelicals president and...
Hell's Kitchen's fifth season is more of the same great insults, incompetent chefs
Gordon Ramsay returns tonight to berate another group of incompetent chefs when Fox debuts Hell's Kitchen 5 at 9 p.m. ET. If the first episode...
American Idol apologizes to those "offended by" contestant's "be careful" comment
The producers of American Idol 8 have apologized to viewers via their web site over the editing of an audition, admitting to a "misinterpretation" of...
Jerry Sims: "I don't want to" be a leader
During our conversation, Jerry Sims described himself as someone who is "just laid back, [doesn't] get rattled real easily, can deal with stressful situations calmly."...

Gordon Ramsay says he's never watched Hell's Kitchen because "I've lived the nightmare once"
Gordon Ramsay insists he's never watched an episode of his Fox reality competition Hell's Kitchen, which returned last night for its fifth season, because he...
Debra Beebe: "I'm kind of upbeat so negativity kind of grinds on my nerves"
Survivor Tocantins cast member Debra Beebe may be a middle school principal--she was Alabama's middle school principal of the year in 2007 for her work...
Idol 8 auditions end as the show runs out of material, but ratings are up over last year
American Idol 8's auditions have ended after seven episodes and nine hours--and just in time, because the show ran out of people so fast they...